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Air combat maneuver
For the driving maneuver also known as the "J-turn", see
J-turn . For the type of road intersection also known as the "J-turn", see
Superstreet .
A diagram of the Herbst maneuver. (NASA)
The Herbst maneuver (also known as a J-turn
[1]
[2] ) is an
air combat maneuver that uses
post-stall technology such as
thrust vectoring and advanced flight controls to achieve high
angles of attack .
[3] The Herbst maneuver allows an aircraft to quickly reverse direction using a combination of high angle-of-attack and
rolling . Though categorized with
Pugachev's Cobra , which is popular at
airshows , the Herbst maneuver is considered more useful in combat.
[1]
The Herbst maneuver was named after
Wolfgang Herbst , an employee of
Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB). Herbst was the initiator of the
Rockwell SNAKE , which formed the basis for the
Rockwell-MBB X-31 project,
[4] and one of the original developers of post-stall technology.
[3] The Herbst maneuver was first performed by an X-31 on April 29, 1993.
[5]
See also
References
^
a
b "Turn and Burn." Fulghum, D. A.; Fabey, M. J.
Aviation Week & Space Technology . January 8, 2007.
^ "
X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator ." Pike, J. GlobalSecurity.org.
^
a
b Smith, R. E.; Dike, B. A.; Ravichandran, B.; El-Fallah, A.; Mehra, R. K. (2001).
"Discovering Novel Fighter Combat Maneuvers in Simulation: Simulating Test Pilot Creativity" (PDF) .
United States Air Force . Retrieved 2007-01-16 .
^ "
Partners in Freedom: Rockwell-MBB X-31
Archived 2006-08-27 at the
Wayback Machine ." Langevin, G. S.; Overbey, P.
NASA
Langley Research Center . October 17, 2003.
^ "
X-31 at High Angle of Attack ."
NASA
Dryden Flight Research Center . March 1, 1994
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